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General Software Discussion / Re: What is your boot time?

« Last post by nosh on November 24, 2008, 02:31 AM »

This thread is going to provide some nice entertainment for people reading it a decade or so later.

I couldn't care less about my PC's boot time, the one device I need to boot fast FAST (my Symbian S60 cell) always seems to wait for my BP to reach near-critical levels first.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYPlorer ($15) Nov 24 at BDJ

« Last post by nosh on November 19, 2008, 12:06 AM »

I can understand Don's feelings, especially if he believes that Josh is 'serial-punishing' him whenever he can, but as someone who frequents the DC forums I would like to be able to slam software whenever I feel like it without having to worry about the thread getting personal.

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'Everything' is one FAST file search engine

« Last post by nosh on November 17, 2008, 09:38 AM »

As things stand right now (all files displayed in the results list when the program starts up) that seems like a pretty bad idea. Just try to sort by date without searching for anything and watch the program freeze up, it's the same delay you would face each time you start the app if it sorted by date as default. It would make sense if the sorting was done by a separate thread and a new search would terminate sort + re-sort.

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'Everything' is one FAST file search engine

« Last post by nosh on November 14, 2008, 02:29 AM »

Beta 1.2.0.323 is out. Type & Extension columns added plus some more minor stuff.

Changes

Spoiler

Thursday, 13 November 2008: Version 1.2.0.323
   fixed an issue when searching for wildcards with match path enabled
   fixed delete for files and folders in different folders
   fixed a portability issue with the default database and log locations
   fixed an issue with long file names
   fixed the folder and file selection after sorting and changing search parameters
   added extension and type columns
   added support for external file managers via the ini file

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'Everything' is one FAST file search engine

« Last post by nosh on November 12, 2008, 01:09 AM »

I've been triggering Everything (on WinXP) with Win+F using AutoHotkey.

The script uses Win+F as a toggle to show/hide Everything. It also starts Everything if it is detected that it isn't running.

You may need to modify:
1. The first line in the script, if you are using something other than Win+F.
2. The hotkey used (in Everything: Tools -> Options -> General) to Alt+Shift+F. If you want to use another hotkey, modify the one used by the script to match the combination you choose.
3. The path to Everything.exe, if it's something besides C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 45

« Last post by nosh on November 07, 2008, 03:56 AM »

13. Porn Breath Tests for PCs Heralds 'stop and Scan'

"The disc goes into the CD-ROM drive of the PC and if files are found, the user connects a USB-DVD writer to the back of the computer, and the images that are stored in memory in the RAM of the computer are written to the DVD," Professor Valli said. "Nothing gets written to the original evidence at all, which is the key."

This thing doesn't scan for deleted files and there's no mention of any uber-sophisticated (or otherwise) decryption+pattern search technology either. Wonder how many child pornographers innocent shlobs with nudies of their wives/girlfriends will be ensnared by this little beauty.

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Living Room / Re: Apologies

« Last post by nosh on October 31, 2008, 03:56 AM »

(Only coz the chief is a known good sport!)

 

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Living Room / Re: Apologies

« Last post by nosh on October 31, 2008, 02:52 AM »

Phil, that's just _obscene_! Mouser!!!

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General Software Discussion / Re: WINDOWS 7 THREAD (ongoing)

« Last post by nosh on October 29, 2008, 03:36 AM »

Oh come on f0dder, you've expressed a liking for their cursor set before this - still have a bump on my head to prove it.

[ I'll remember to use the <sarcasm> tags the next time I say something nice about the Vista taskbar and its clones. ]

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General Software Discussion / Re: WINDOWS 7 THREAD (ongoing)

« Last post by nosh on October 29, 2008, 03:11 AM »

So pretty! 
( I wonder why no one at MS has thought of incorporating a popup launcher like FARR/Launchy into the OS.  )

Waitasec, is that what the Run dialog is supposed to be?

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Living Room / Re: microsofts anti piracy measures in china

« Last post by nosh on October 29, 2008, 02:47 AM »

Going under the assumption that the software is actually illegal, that would be like a bank robber complaining about the cash that blew up in his face and inked him red.

Theoretical arguments aside, I can see a lot of legit users (read: Westerners) seeing red black because of this.

MS's anti-piracy measures at the ground level are a total fcuking joke in India and I've even called up their anti-piracy hotline and mentioned that to the automaton who answered it. MS's software is widely regarded as free for the home user and every kid knows exactly where to go and buy something like the latest MS Office suite for around $2-3. This bit of knowledge has strangely evaded MS and its crack anti-piracy squad, maybe they're too busy figuring out which shade of black will least aggravate their legit users.

And your link seems to be more of a plug for Kingsoft than anything else.

Edit: Location mentioned for clarity.

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 43

« Last post by nosh on October 25, 2008, 12:59 AM »

Good job with the spoilers, Ethyar. 
One last suggestion, the secondary links should go at the very bottom, IMO - that way we can click and start reading immediately (as opposed to 598 ms later, YMMV.  )

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General Software Discussion / Re: WINDOWS 7 THREAD (ongoing)

« Last post by nosh on October 23, 2008, 01:22 PM »

I just don't like web apps...I think that's it.  I don't like the way they feel, if that makes any sense.

-superboyac (October 21, 2008, 05:12 PM)

I have to agree. Even if speed isn't that much of a problem (I don't have high-speed broadband here but I remember browsing from a public library in Toronto, I'd click on a normal sized mp3 online and it would start playing like it was on the HDD), reliability very much is, and will be for years to come. How often does one witness technology fcuking up at the highest level? CNN/BBC anchors losing audio with each other... :/
Online apps make excellent backup alternatives but it would really suck to be shut out of your OS coz the Internets are broken.

How off topic am I?

Not off topic enough to stop me from taking it a bit further.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Magic Jack Phone ?

« Last post by nosh on October 20, 2008, 03:21 PM »

I just Googled

I hav3e the magicjack and it is great. I kept my local number though.

21 hits. - Game Over.

Edit:
All hits to this thread. Nosh as a detective = FAIL.

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 42

« Last post by nosh on October 19, 2008, 01:05 AM »

Thanks for the effort, Ethyar. 

The item title would be linked to the main source so the rest of the links would go inside the spoiler, IMO.
I'd prefer the two line summary to go inside too but I'm sure there are going to be mixed opinions on that one, since it's going to be a test run you could try both options and see what people think.

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 42

« Last post by nosh on October 18, 2008, 04:41 AM »

Have you considered collapsible sections (spoiler tags) for each item? That would serve as a TOC and do away with a lot of scrolling.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unofficial Windows-7 news site now up

« Last post by nosh on October 15, 2008, 10:38 AM »

Nice site, Martin. As a ghacks regular I'm looking forward to getting some W7 updates from you. BTW, any chance of getting full feeds? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unofficial Windows-7 news site now up

« Last post by nosh on October 15, 2008, 10:04 AM »

If that's what's considered exciting news, please, please, pretty please, bring it to the next level!

-40hz (October 15, 2008, 06:26 AM)

MS Paint and Notepad have been REVAMPED! Haven't you heard?

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Living Room / Re: Companies paying people to say good things about their products on forums

« Last post by nosh on October 13, 2008, 04:06 AM »

I would give much more credibility to a product if the author/employee introducing it clearly mentions his affiliation right from the get-go, without anyone prodding for a clarification. Or better put, I would be completely put off a product if I suspect the person introducing it is withholding his/her affiliation. Just my $0.02

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Living Room / Re: One answered question before you died

« Last post by nosh on October 09, 2008, 12:01 AM »

my joke was hillarious, how come no one is laughing about it? 

-mouser (October 08, 2008, 04:12 PM)

It was on my To-Do list! I swear!

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Using Anchors Within Posts

« Last post by nosh on October 08, 2008, 06:59 AM »

Like























this?

[Edit: Had to edit thrice coz of a stupid typo. *Grabs complete dumba$$ badge from Ethyar*]

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General Software Discussion / Re: It's time to do something about these AutoHotkey antivirus false positives

« Last post by nosh on October 04, 2008, 12:29 AM »

I also suspect it's to do with UPX compression, AHK dumps upx.exe in its 'compiler' folder - perhaps they use the latest version everytime it's available & reverse the whitelisting in the process?

If this is true AHK authors could avoid false positives by using an older UPX that has been whitelisted, I suppose it should work unless ahk2exe has started using some new switch only available to the new version, one could also consider rolling back ahk2exe and whatever else is used for compiling in case of incompatibilities.

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'Everything' is one FAST file search engine

« Last post by nosh on September 26, 2008, 09:58 PM »

I agree yksyks - I didn't even bother comparing the thing to Locate coz the sheer flexibility & depth of features the latter provides would probably take other devs years to incorporate into their apps, assuming they even bothered. This is strictly for the "must-have-realtime" crowd, which is why I compared it to Avafind. I can't wait for Locate to fill in the few remaining blanks (realtime indexing, recently launched/changed/added file panes, highlighting of searched terms within results...) so we can have the perfect (filename) search app.   

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'Everything' is one FAST file search engine

« Last post by nosh on September 26, 2008, 10:54 AM »

It doesn't track newly added files. I'll uninstall everything else once it starts doing that. I believe the feature ranks high on the author's to-do list, so I suppose it's just a matter of time. *fingers crossed*

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General Software Discussion / 'Everything' is one FAST file search engine

« Last post by nosh on September 26, 2008, 10:29 AM »

Lifehacker blogged about Everything, a search app similar to AvaFind (mini review), yesterday.
Both these are file name, and not context indexing tools. Both index files in realtime, unlike the universal favorite, Locate.


Some ways in which Everything differs from Avafind -

• Boolean & Regex support.
• Highlighting the searched text within results.
• It doesn't allow blocking specific folders from being indexed
• No recently launched/downloaded files panes like Avafind
• Eerily fast indexing (seeing is believing!)

Everything is under 300 KB & free. I'd say it still has some important features missing but this app looks very promising, totally worth taking for a spin.